GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |